Dec 28, 2023
Come for the workforce conversation, stay for Chicago Cubs talk with Director Beth Townsend! Take a listen as we reflect on some of IWD's accomplishments in 2023 and get a sneak peek at what the agency has planned for 2024.
Dec 12, 2023
Nov 28, 2023
Iowa Workforce Development's Labor Market Information Division is hard at work crunching Iowa's workforce numbers. On today's episode we sit down with LMI Bureau Chief Donna Burkett to talk about how they collect their information, and why a survey that goes out to employers twice a year is crucial to...
Nov 14, 2023
National Apprenticeship Week is a time to celebrate the employers and apprentices who have helped create a new pathway towards employment across the country. Here in Iowa, Dane Sulentic, is now Iowa Workforce Development’s new State Apprenticeship Director. Sulentic stops by the Mission: Employable podcast to talk...
Oct 31, 2023
Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services has a new leader and he comes all the way from Texas. Division Administrator, Dr. James Williams, joins the Mission: Employable podcast to talk about how he plans to lead the department over the next few years. Find out what he has in store for Iowa’s Vocational Rehabilitation...